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Character Quotes by Marisha Pessl
- I believe writers need to be chameleons, or like Meryl Streep, who can play all sorts of characters. A good writer should be able to…
- When I'm creating characters, I definitely think of theme songs. Writing for me is very visual, so I sometimes think of it in terms of…
- It was as if Hannah had sprung a leak and her character, usually so meticulous and contained, was spilling all over the place.
- Dad's Theory of Arrogance--that everyone always assumes they're the Principal Character of Desire and/or Loathing in everybody else's Broadway Play.
- His characters are ravaged, beaten. They walk through infernos and emerged charred doves.
More Character Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships… — J. J. Abrams
- My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough. — Lance Armstrong
- Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting. — Darren Aronofsky
- You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
- I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly… — Rowan Atkinson
- When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing… — Rowan Atkinson